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2026-10-31 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Russell Brand ‘controlled and gaslit women he treated as disposable’

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2026-10-30 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Russell Brand ‘controlled and gaslit women he treated as disposable’

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2026-10-30 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Russell Brand ‘snapped from nice to nasty as he groped and raped women’

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2026-10-30 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Russell Brand ‘snapped from nice to nasty as he groped and raped women’

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2026-10-29 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Russell Brand's wife tells jury entertainer is 'kind and caring'

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2026-10-29 · Evening Standard · Crime & Law

Russell Brand’s wife hails ‘kind’ husband but tells court he cheated when dating

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2026-09-15 · Evening Standard

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2026-09-30 · Evening Standard

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2026-10-02 · Evening Standard

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2026-10-03 · Evening Standard

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2026-10-05 · Evening Standard

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2026-10-05 · Evening Standard

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2026-10-06 · Evening Standard

🔮 His trial begins on Monday, October 12, with the case expected to last up to 10 weeks. assertive

2026-10-08 · Evening Standard

🔮 According to the charges, it is said that between November 26 2024 and May 21 2025 Young “disclosed protected information for a purpose which he knew, or having regard to other matters known to him ought reasonably to have known, was prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK intending the conduct to benefit a foreign power, engaged in conduct in preparation for the commission of such an act”. assertive

2026-10-08 · Evening Standard

🔮 According to the charges, it is said that between November 26 2024 and May 21 2025 Young “disclosed protected information for a purpose which he knew, or having regard to other matters known to him ought reasonably to have known, was prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK intending the conduct to benefit a foreign power, engaged in conduct in preparation for the commission of such an act”. assertive

2026-10-12 · Evening Standard

🔮 Russell Brand is set to appear in court for the start of his trial over charges of rape and sexual assaults against six women. assertive

2026-10-12 · Evening Standard

🔮 With Brand in the dock, Mr Justice Bennathan started the process of selecting jurors who will sit on the case. assertive

2026-10-14 · Evening Standard

🔮 “He could be nice when he wanted to be – funny, undoubtedly; charming, likeable even – when he wanted something in return. assertive

2026-10-14 · Evening Standard

🔮 “She assumed he was gay, he gave no indication of being attracted to her,” said Ms Karmy-Jones, who told the jury Brand would try to make women laugh and show interest in their causes in his pursuit of sex. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

🔮 She said she “drifted out of my head” during the alleged attack, she recalled his “lizard-like” tongue, and told police: “I just remember him on me, really heavy, and me trying not to let him.” She added: “I couldn’t get out of the situation – do I shout, do I scream? “It didn’t take long, I just know it was quick.” Afterwards, she said Brand appeared to not think anything was wrong, he dressed and wrote down his email address. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

🔮 She said she “drifted out of my head” during the alleged attack, she recalled his “lizard-like” tongue, and told police: “I just remember him on me, really heavy, and me trying not to let him.” She added: “I couldn’t get out of the situation – do I shout, do I scream? “It didn’t take long, I just know it was quick.” Afterwards, she said Brand appeared to not think anything was wrong, he dressed and wrote down his email address. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

🔮 He is set to argue that the women have “re-imagined” their experiences with him after seeing recent media coverage of sexual misconduct claims. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

🔮 frightened and ashamed afterwards, and was left having nightmares that she might be pregnant assertive

2026-10-16 · Evening Standard

🔮 “It would have been my word against his, I had a job to consider, I came away relatively unscathed, and he didn’t rape me. “I managed to get myself out of the situation and I wanted a quiet life.” Brand is on trial accused of three rapes, three sexual assaults, and an allegation of indecent assault. He is accused of indecently assaulting the former MTV worker when they came across each other in 2001, and briefly exchanged words after she complimented his “I am Spartacus” t-shirt. She told jurors Brand asked for directions to the men’s toilets, and she “pointed him in the direction” before showing him the way. “His manner changed,” she said. “He grabbed my forearm and he was leaning into the door. assertive

2026-10-16 · Evening Standard

🔮 “It would have been my word against his, I had a job to consider, I came away relatively unscathed, and he didn’t rape me. “I managed to get myself out of the situation and I wanted a quiet life.” Brand is on trial accused of three rapes, three sexual assaults, and an allegation of indecent assault. He is accused of indecently assaulting the former MTV worker when they came across each other in 2001, and briefly exchanged words after she complimented his “I am Spartacus” t-shirt. She told jurors Brand asked for directions to the men’s toilets, and she “pointed him in the direction” before showing him the way. “His manner changed,” she said. “He grabbed my forearm and he was leaning into the door. assertive

2026-10-16 · Evening Standard

🔮 Read More “It would have been my word against his, I had a job to consider, I came away relatively unscathed, and he didn’t rape me. “I managed to get myself out of the situation and I wanted a quiet life.” assertive

2026-10-16 · Evening Standard

🔮 “It would have been my word against his, I had a job to consider, I came away relatively unscathed, and he didn’t rape me. assertive

2026-10-19 · Evening Standard

🔮 “If I knew where he was, I would just avoid. assertive

2026-10-20 · Evening Standard

🔮 One of Russell Brand’s accusers said she would have been told “you’re lucky” if she had tried to report the A-List star for kissing and groping in a radio station corridor. assertive

2026-10-21 · Evening Standard

🔮 A few days later she agreed to meet Brand at his £2.3 million home in Hampstead Village knowing they would have sex – but in her video-recorded interview played to Southwark Crown Court, she alleged the consensual sexual encounter turned to rape when Brand forced her into anal sex. assertive

2026-10-21 · Evening Standard

🔮 Giving evidence at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, the woman told jurors she engaged willingly in a threesome with Brand backstage at the Hammersmith Apollo despite having a boyfriend at the time, then agreed to have sex with him at his home a few days later. assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

🔮 He told jurors he could not get any of his friends and former colleagues to give evidence in his defence, in the wake of being publicly accused of offences against women three years ago. assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

🔮 He told the court he could not get any of his friends and former colleagues to give evidence in his defence, in the wake of being publicly accused of offences against women three years ago. assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

🔮 The barrister continued: “Would they touch you with a barge pole?,” and Brand replied: “No.” assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

🔮 Brand said he blames the media for his downfall after being the focus of 2023 reporting on sexual misconduct claims and he told Southwark Crown Court he has been unable to find any friends or former colleagues willing to give evidence in his defence as the trial approached. Read More mixed

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

🔮 Brand said he has failed to find any friends and former colleagues who would give evidence in his defence, while he recounted being blocked from visiting his baby son when he was having open heart surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the wake of the 2023 allegations. assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

🔮 Brand said he has failed to find any friends and former colleagues who would give evidence in his defence, while he recounted being blocked from visiting his baby son when he was having open heart surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the wake of the 2023 allegations. assertive

2026-10-29 · Evening Standard

🔮 I could read about it regularly in the papers, so I was aware of it and he also told me.” assertive

2026-10-29 · Evening Standard

🔮 I could read about it regularly in the papers, so I was aware of it and he also told me.” assertive

2026-10-29 · Evening Standard

🔮 I could read about it regularly in the papers, so I was aware of it and he also told me.” Turning to their relationship now, she said: “We have a very honest, frank, and clear relationship and marriage. assertive

2026-10-30 · Evening Standard

🔮 “Today it’s something that might be known as gaslighting,” she said. “A technique the defendant used to good effect.” assertive

2026-10-30 · Evening Standard

🔮 “Today it’s something that might be known as gaslighting,” she said. “A technique the defendant used to good effect.” assertive

2026-10-30 · Evening Standard

🔮 “We suggest you will be satisfied so you are sure that the six complainants told you the truth, not an invented truth, not an reimagined truth, but the real truth of what happened to them. assertive

2026-10-31 · Evening Standard

🔮 “We suggest you will be satisfied so you are sure that the six complainants told you the truth, not an invented truth, not an reimagined truth, but the real truth of what happened to them. assertive